Safety card-record file.



S. TIPPERFVIAN.

SAFETY CARD RECORD FILE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5. 1915.

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SIMON TIPPERMAN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SAFETY CARD-RECORD FILE.

Application filed November 5, 1915.

To all ivhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON TIPPERMAN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Card-Record Files, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in safety record files, and has for its object to provide a simple, eflicient, and inexpensive device of this character,

One of the objects of my invention consists in providing a record file wherein provision is made for keeping a set of sheets or cards of any description together in superimposed relation, and in numerical, chronological or other sequence, so asto make it unnecessary to remove a card in order to separate it from the pack or set.

A further object of my invention is to provide a record file of the character described wherein provision is made for shifting aside any number of cards or sheets with the purpose of exposing to view for ready access any desired card or sheet of the entire set.

A still further object of my invention consists in providing a record file as described having the characteristic of permitting the insertion of a new card or sheet in any position in the set of cards or sheets, as well as allowing any card or sheet to be re moved from the set without disturbing the order and relation of the remaining records.

Another object of my invention consists in providing, in a record file, means of supporting the hand of a person writing upon a set of cards or sheets arranged horizontally, whereby a hand rest is obtained which is vertically adjustable so as to assume the level of the top card of the set of cards.

The leading feature of my invention con sists in the combination, in a slidable file adapted for insertion in a record file case or cabinet, of means for holding in superimposed relation a set of file sheets at either end of the slidable file, mea'ns for guiding the shiftable movement of said sheets to position them at either end of the slidable file, means whereby said sheets may be sepa rately inserted into or removed from the set, and means whereby a writers hand may be supported in writing position relatively to any of said sheets.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in the combination, ar-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, H917.

Serial No. 59,765.

rangement, and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings wherein similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the'respective views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 --i of Fig. 2,

Fig, 5 is a side elevation of a modification of my invention, and

Fig. 6 is a detail view of a yoke to be described.

Referring to the drawings which are merely illustrative of my invention, 1 designates a baseboard having a perpendicular end wall 2 which, with said baseboard form a slidable file adapted for insertion in a record or card file case or cabinet, not shown. In order to hold together in superimposed relation the cards or sheets of a set of cards or sheets I provide a plurality of upright members or posts 3, which are preferably tubular in crosssection. The cards or sheets will be perforated in the usual manner, so

that they may be passed over the posts, one on the top of the other so as to be disposed horizontally. The posts are arranged in two pairs, which aline transversely and longitudinally, these pairs of posts having base flanges 4: which will be secured intermediate the ends of said baseboard l in countersunk relation, as shown in Fig. :2. The baseboard will be made of suflicient length to permit the front or inner end 5 and the rear end 6 to accommodate separate sets of cards and to permit the cards of either set to exchange positions with one another and to be placed at either end of the baseboard, I provide the guide or yoke members 7. This yoke member is in the form of a loop or an inverted U-shaped member round in cross-section.

The terminals of this yoke member are adapted to be inserted in removable relation within the upper ends Of'the tubular posts 3 so that any card of the set of superimposed record cards 8 may be shifted to the rear of the set and moved or guided over the yokes 7 so as to lie flat upon the inclined face of a substantially wedge-shaped platform 9 secured upon the baseboard at its inner end 5. This wedge shaped block or platform 9 is secured upon the base board at its inner end 5. This platform is of a lesser width than that of the baseboard as is .clearly shown in Fig. 3, so as to leave a space 10 at either side thereof affording the fingers of the operator convenience in grasping the set of cards 11 resting on the platform when it is desired to return them over the guiding yokes 7 to rest upon the first set of cards 8.

The yoke members 7 are provided with spring snap members in the shape of balls 12, as shown in Fig. 6, and these balls are adapted to snap or spring into locked position in the tubular posts 3, the latter being preferably formed with concave sockets 13. By applying a downward pressure upon the yoke member and forcing the balls 12 into the sockets 13, the yoke member will be effectively locked against movement. By

applying an upward pressure upon the yoke member it will be readily removed.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5 there is provided in addition to the platform 9 another wedge-shaped platform 1 1 having the downwardly inclined face shown. This arrangement will be found very useful where it is desired to make the set of cards 8 slant downwardly in the manner of a desk. The outer transversely separated set of posts 3 are arranged to pass through this platform 14 at its rear end so as to permit the cards to rest. upon this platform and be guided over the yoke member 7.

In order to provide a vertically adjustable hand or finger rest to dispose the hand in a position where it can be on a common level with the topmost card of the set 8, use is preferably made of the table 15, which has a supporting post 16 square in crosssection, arranged to telescope freely in a housing 17 which is provided at one side with a vertical series of openings 18 through which is normally projected the pawl 19 of a locking dog 20 which passes through an opening 21 in the post 16 and through a vertical slot 22 in the housing 17. This dog has a shoulder 23 against which bears a spring 24 coiled around the dog and bearing against one of the walls of the housing. An

operating milled disk or head 25 is provided whichwhen pulled outwardly against the tension of spring 24- will withdraw the pawl 19 from any of the openings 18, thereby permitting the table 15 to be raised or Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the lowered as may be desired, the release of pressure on the head 25 operating to automatically thrust the pawl 19 into any of the openings 18.

Numerous modifications and variations may be resorted to in practice, such as changes in size, form or design, without departing in principle from the details of construction set forth herein and in the appended claims What I desire to claim as new is z 1. In a device of the kind described, in combination a baseboard, an end wall carried by said baseboard, a pair of tubular posts arranged in longitudinal spaced-apart relation at each side of said baseboard, and an inverted U-shaped yoke having yieldable terminals adapted to engage in the upper ends of each pair of said tubular posts.

2. In combination, a baseboard, an end wall on said baseboard, a platform on said baseboard secured adjacent said end plate and having a face inclining downwardly, a pair of transversely separated posts fixedly secured in advance of said platform, a pair of posts spaced in advance of and in alinement with said first-named posts, and inverted U-shaped yokes removably engaging said posts.

3. In combination a baseboard, a pair of longitudinally alined and spaced posts having "base flanges countersunk in said baseboard, said posts being tubular in cross section and having upper sockets, an inverted U-shaped yoke, and terminal spring balls carried by said yoke adapted to snap into said sockets in locked relation.

4:. In a device of the kind described, in combination a baseboard, a pair of wedge shaped platforms secured upon said baseboard in separated relation and inclining downwardly, a series of transversely separated posts secured upon said baseboard between said platforms, a second series of posts passing through the platform in ad- Vance of and longitudinally alined with said first-series of posts, and an inverted U- shaped member roimd in cross-section connecting the upper ends of each pair of the longitudinally alining posts.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIMON TIPPERMAN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

